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Oregon Health Authority puts $1.5 million grant on hold

Peer respite award paused after justice department lawyers open investigation

Aug 8, 2023
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Kotek approves universal health care board but cites concerns

Governor calls $2-million plan costly, potentially duplicative, but supporters say it’s a crucial step toward needed reform.

Aug 8, 2023
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visits with U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in a roundtable discussion in Portland about preventing youth overdoses from fentanyl. Bonamici is planning legislation that would make a prevention curriculum available nationwide in schools. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Oregon’s U.S. congressional delegation wants opioid prevention efforts to go nationwide

The Health and Human Services secretary visited Oregon on Friday and participated in a roundtable at a Beaverton school

Aug 8, 2023

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Capt. Janick Lewis (left) and Lt. Titus Carriere of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services make a stop at the city’s ambulance depot. The newer ambulances have more powerful air conditioning, which helps cool off patients suffering heat exhaustion or heatstroke. | DREW HAWKINS/GULF STATES NEWSROOM.

As many American cities get hotter, health systems face off against heatstroke

Scientists say dangerous heat levels and the problems they cause will likely keep increasing, but health systems nationwide face funding and staffing challenges that could make it harder to keep up

Aug 8, 2023

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Bomb threat shuts down OHSU clinic after anti-trans information posted online

OHSU will beef up security in the wake of hateful messages, evacuation

Aug 8, 2023

Woman hold pro-choice signs in protest at nation's capital.

A reproductive rights protest in Washington D.C. on Oct. 2, 2021. | SHUTTERSTOCK

How the Texas trial changed the story of abortion rights in America

Court hearing focused on women who suffered under the state’s abortion ban

Aug 8, 2023

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Juliana Wallace will advise Gov. Tina Kotek on behavioral health policy starting Sept. 5. | COURTESY GOV. TINA KOTEK'S OFFICE

Kotek hires Portland social worker and manager to advise her on behavioral health

Juliana Wallace has avoided the spotlight while serving in a range of jobs that supporters say make her a good pick to help improve the state’s behavioral health system.

Aug 3, 2023
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New temp nurses offer hope for Baker City birth center's future

Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City put new temp nurses to work helping with deliveries this week. Meanwhile, community members await word on longer-term federal help to avert the birth center's Aug. 26th closure, which could threaten lives.

Aug 3, 2023
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